Guy Patin

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Guy (or Gui) Patin (1601 in Hodenc-en-Bray, Oise – 1672 in Paris) was a French doctor and man of letters.

Guy Patin was headmaster of the School of Medicine in Paris (1650-1652) and professor in the Collège de France starting in 1655. His scientific and medical works are not considered particularly enlightened by modern medical scholars (he has sometimes been compared to the doctors in the works of Molière). He is most well-known today for his extensive correspondence: his style was light and playful (he has been compared to early 17th century philosophical libertines) and his letters are an important document for historians of medicine.